Sentences with phrase «voice for these women and children»

I want to be a voice for these women and children and do whatever I can, even it's a bunch of small things, to help end this miserable thing.

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She and her two adult daughters are the voices behind the popular blog, Three Many Cooks, which has been featured in several national publications, including Woman's Day and Redbook Pam books include: New York Times bestsellers Perfect One - Dish Dinners and The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great, Julia Child award winning, The Perfect Recipe, and James Beard Award nominees, How To Cook Without a Book and Perfect Recipes for Having People Over, as well as CookSmart.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

There are some incredible, inspirational women out there in the world of baby and child loss, fighting for change and sharing their voices.

Impairments range from an inability to hear certain frequencies — for example, the high frequencies of women's and children's voices — to complete deafness.

There is some speculation that women equate deeper voices with more testosterone, thus assuming the man will be more aggressive hunting and be a good provider for her and her children.

Ken Loach — «The Wind That Shakes the Barley,» «Kes» Julia Loktev — «The Loneliest Planet,» «Day Night Day Night» Ami Canaan Mann — «Jackie & Ryan,» «Texas Killing Fields» Lucrecia Martel — «The Headless Woman,» «The Holy Girl» Adam McKay * — «The Big Short,» «Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy» Deepa Mehta — «Midnight's Children,» «Water» Ursula Meier — «Sister,» «Home» Rebecca Miller * — «The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,» «Personal Velocity» Karen Moncrieff — «The Dead Girl,» «Blue Car» Cristian Mungiu * — «Graduation,» «4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days» Anna Muylaert — «The Second Mother» László Nemes * — «Son of Saul» María Novaro — «The Good Herbs,» «Lola» Victor Nunez — «Spoken Word,» «Ulee's Gold» Euzhan Palcy — «Siméon,» «A Dry White Season» Park Chan - wook * — «Stoker,» «Oldboy» Lucía Puenzo — «The German Doctor,» «El Niño Pez» Lynne Ramsay — «We Need to Talk about Kevin,» «Morvern Callar» Dee Rees — «Pariah» Nicolas Winding Refn — «Only God Forgives,» «Drive» Patricia Riggen — «The 33,» «Girl in Progress» Gillian Robespierre — «Obvious Child» Patricia Rozema — «Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,» «Mansfield Park» Marjane Satrapi — «The Voices,» «Persepolis» Sam Taylor - Johnson — «Fifty Shades of Grey,» «Nowhere Boy» George Tillman, Jr. — «Notorious,» «Soul Food» Luis Valdez — «La Bamba,» «Zoot Suit» Melvin Van Peebles — «Identity Crisis,» «Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song» Margarethe von Trotta — «Rosenstrasse,» «Marianne and Juliane» Lana Wachowski — «Cloud Atlas,» «The Matrix Trilogy» Lilly Wachowski — «Cloud Atlas,» «The Matrix Trilogy» Taika Waititi — «Hunt for the Wilderpeople,» «What We Do in the Shadows» James Wan — «The Conjuring,» «Saw» Keenan Ivory Wayans * — «Scary Movie,» «A Low Down Dirty Shame» Apichatpong Weerasethakul — «Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,» «Tropical Malady»

And the Macmillan team pointed to submissions today that feature the stories of strong women in history whose contributions have needed to come to light — diverse voices in a US market that's «making up for lost time,» as one member of the group put it, by comparison to the longtime activity of many European publishers in multicultural content for children and And the Macmillan team pointed to submissions today that feature the stories of strong women in history whose contributions have needed to come to light — diverse voices in a US market that's «making up for lost time,» as one member of the group put it, by comparison to the longtime activity of many European publishers in multicultural content for children and and YA.

I know it sounds odd, but for some reason it» soften adults, and more specifically women, which voice children in games or animated movies, and it never sounds right to my ears.

That being said, I was not overly - wowed by everyone: Laura had the obvious sound of an older woman playing a child and as I've mentioned in the past I'm not fond of Mary Elizabeth's deep voice for Mary Sunderland.

Honor Our Voices Avon Foundation for Women, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota Presents an online learning module of practice guides and digital stories designed to increase the awareness and sensitivity of shelter advocates and other providers to the needs of children and suggests promising ways of enhancing services for children exposed to domestic violence.

Leading Women for Shared Parenting is thrilled to see Shared Parenting receiving such attention across the United States and will work diligently to ensure the voices of the world's top researchers on child custody, child development, child attachment, conflict and domestic violence are heard over the typical opponents to reform, the state Bar Associations whose membership benefits from induced conflict.

LW4SP was formed, to provide a platform for and to recognize a unified voice of strong women who want to do what's best for children: a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in family law, family courts, and social expectations.